Who said it’s the end of summer?! Introducing my bright and bold Barbie dress. I hope you’ve seen the movie!? No spoilers but I definitely recommend it. I wish I could have made this dress before I went as everyone was dressed in full on pink! I still wore my oversized gingham N6707 blouse but …
I never ever thought I’d make a milkmaid style dress… Because I’m not ahem well endowed enough. But I decided to get over my insecurity and whip up the Brandi Joan M8359 design. The finished dress came with me to Sorrento and enjoyed wearing it twice while I was there. It’s a feminine dress with …
Time to share something recently photographed! I whipped up this keyhole top at the start of the year in my attempt to make more “pub tops”. You know… the kind of top that is smart with jeans if you’re popping out for a drink with friends but walking in crappy weather or racing about on …
Two tops in one blog post today… gosh. M7977 was THE ruffle top pattern for most of 2019 and 2020. It was still being bought up to 2022 of course but most people in the sewing universe had made it by then. Except me. I chose to finally make it after it went out of …
Are you ever paralysed by a fabric? You buy it with love in your eyes and can’t wait to sew the perfect garment with it… then can’t make up your mind about what to sew!! So it sits in your stash haunting you. That’s what happened with this luscious Carmel twill from Patterns and Plains. …
Hello everyone! In case you missed it, I set myself a little task to keep pushing my style choices with new silhouettes every few makes to see if I find something I love. Spoiler alert: I’m not really sure it worked with this make. The project has all the markings of things I like. A …